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And away we go!
The R.M.S. (Royal Mail Steamer) Titanic was built by Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Ireland. She set sail April 10th, 1912 from Southampton, and made two additional stops (Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland) before heading to open sea. She struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean at 11:40pm, April 14th, and sank at 2:20am on April 15th, 1912. There were 2,228 people on board (passengers and crew). 705 people were saved and picked up on board the Carpathia, while 1523 perished.
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Debunking movie myths:
Information that some people may believe to be true, but has been proven otherwise...
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3-THE SHIP WAS CARRYING TOO FEW LIFEBOATS–This one is a little sticky...they didn't have enough room in the lifeboats to accommodate all passengers, true. However, during this time, lifeboat requirements were based on gross tonnage of the steamer, not occupants on board. The Titanic actually added more lifeboats, and more collapsible lifeboats to accommodate additional passengers. (Although now we can look back and see the fallacy of their logic, at the time they were abiding by the laws and going above and beyond what was required of them.)
So now that you have the basic facts of the ship, its heritage and voyage, and know the obvious things that are not true, you'll have to wait until tomorrow (the 98 year anniversary of the sinking) to discover why that enormous ship was never going to make it to NYC--iceberg or not.
EDIT: Forgot to mention last night...while I'm on the shipping kick, if you aren't watching Deadliest Catch this season, hurry up and get on board. There are boatfulls of hunky alpha males with ego to share and quotas to reach. Go Northwestern! (Especially now that Jake from the Cornelia Marie is on board!)
3 comments:
Oye! All three sank? Very interesting post, Kristin!
I found this post great, none of the rest had the basic facts I needed for my school projet. Thanks.
This is a BRILL post. Cheers Kristin
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